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nerrad · 06-07-2004, 09:16 AM

Ala Chuck Cunningham.:

TVFactFan · 06-07-2004, 06:33 PM

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Originally posted by nerrad
Ala Chuck Cunningham.:

The first Alan Willis was seen in season one and then another actor played the role of Alan Willis in 1978. I can't recall what happened to him.

marvin g · 06-07-2004, 10:11 PM

He was like the white sheep of the family. They never really elborated what the situation was with him, if i"m not mistaken. He could have been a interesting character to some degree.

TVFactFan · 06-07-2004, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by marvin g
He was like the white sheep of the family. They never really elborated what the situation was with him, if i"m not mistaken. He could have been a interesting character to some degree.

The first Alan Willis was much better

nerrad · 06-08-2004, 08:58 AM

They tried to make him close with Jenny.

marvin g · 06-08-2004, 09:15 PM

Personally I thought Jenny and Alan were the wrong shade to be the product of a interracial marriage.

jamesanthony · 06-09-2004, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by marvin g
Personally I thought Jenny and Alan were the wrong shade to be the product of a interracial marriage.

I agree, but I saw a movie on cable recently with Larenz Tate as the son of a brunette white woman and a light complexioned Jamaican man. Larenz' brother in the movie was white looking with straight sandy blond/brown hair, but they never elaborated on whether he was the mother's son from a previous relationship. Larenz' girlfriend was singer Deborah Cox and her mother was Caucasian and her birth father was light skinned black actor Clark Johnson.

I had friends whose parents were medium brown: one child was very dark, one was extremely light, the third was reddish in coloring, but no one would have mistaken the lighter two for being Caucasian. Alan Willis looked like a white man no one whould have though he was latino or black. I guess it's possible in real life but I haven't met any siblings like Jenny and Alan.

jamesanthony · 06-09-2004, 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by nerrad
Ala Chuck Cunningham.:

Alan was a bohemian who traveled the world, lived in communes etc, which is why he and conservative Tom didn't get along. I guess he went off on some trip. Of all the people listed in the main titles he was the least significant.

TVFactFan · 06-09-2004, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by jamesanthony
I agree, but I saw a movie on cable recently with Larenz Tate as the son of a brunette white woman and a light complexioned Jamaican man. Larenz' brother in the movie was white looking with straight sandy blond/brown hair, but they never elaborated on whether he was the mother's son from a previous relationship. Larenz' girlfriend was singer Deborah Cox and her mother was Caucasian and her birth father was light skinned black actor Clark Johnson.

I had friends whose parents were medium brown: one child was very dark, one was extremely light, the third was reddish in coloring, but no one would have mistaken the lighter two for being Caucasian. Alan Willis looked like a white man no one whould have though he was latino or black. I guess it's possible in real life but I haven't met any siblings like Jenny and Alan.

The first Alan Willis looked a like a latino. The second one didn't at all.

Dr. Jazz · 06-09-2004, 08:52 PM

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The first Alan Willis looked a like a latino. The second one didn't at all.

The first Alan Willis played the latino officer "Martine" in the first Police Academy movie. I believe that's the only other thing I've seen him in besides The Jeffersons.

DetectiveGriffin · 06-13-2004, 05:39 PM

Which Alan Willis was played by "Jay Hammer". Number 2?
He went on to soap opera stardom and played (may still) newspaper man Flethcher Reade on the Guiding Light for many
years.

TVFactFan · 06-13-2004, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by DetectiveGriffin
Which Alan Willis was played by "Jay Hammer". Number 2?
He went on to soap opera stardom and played (may still) newspaper man Flethcher Reade on the Guiding Light for many
years.

Jay Hammer played the second Alan Willis

DetectiveGriffin · 06-13-2004, 05:46 PM

well, he was good looking, dangit.

TVFactFan · 06-13-2004, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by DetectiveGriffin
well, he was good looking, dangit.

Good looking and BORING

DetectiveGriffin · 06-13-2004, 05:52 PM

JOE MAMA.

Yeah, he just had a tiny part. Came, went - no biggie.

06-07-2004, 09:16 AM	#1
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	Whatever happened to Tom's son Ala Chuck Cunningham.:

06-07-2004, 10:11 PM	#3
marvin g Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 30, 2003 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 1,217	He was like the white sheep of the family. They never really elborated what the situation was with him, if i"m not mistaken. He could have been a interesting character to some degree.

06-08-2004, 08:58 AM	#5
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	They tried to make him close with Jenny.

06-08-2004, 09:15 PM	#6
marvin g Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 30, 2003 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 1,217	Personally I thought Jenny and Alan were the wrong shade to be the product of a interracial marriage.

06-13-2004, 05:39 PM	#11
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	Which Alan Willis was played by "Jay Hammer". Number 2? He went on to soap opera stardom and played (may still) newspaper man Flethcher Reade on the Guiding Light for many years.

06-13-2004, 05:46 PM	#13
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	well, he was good looking, dangit.

06-13-2004, 05:52 PM	#15
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	JOE MAMA. Yeah, he just had a tiny part. Came, went - no biggie.